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2022 Best Vallue Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

6 Ranked Colleges
357 Degrees Awarded
$29,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Vallue Engineering Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Vallue Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 11,925 people earned their degree in general engineering, making the major the 78th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, general engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $66,152 and had an average of $20,077 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 1,775 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,200 and $19,581 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 357 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Vallue Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Vallue Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income Over $110k) in the Southwest Region

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Tempe. The school came in at #1 for the Best Vallue Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k. ASU - Tempe is located in Tempe, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 192 bachelors’s engineering degrees to qualified students.

ASU - Tempe also took the #3 spot in our “Best General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend ASU - Tempe is $11,706 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering students whose families make more than $110k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Full ASU - Tempe General Engineering Report

#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at El Paso. The school came in at #2 for the Best Vallue Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k. This large school is located in El Paso, Texas, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UTEP, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for The University of Texas at El Paso is $8,920 for southwest region bachelor’s degree engineering students whose families make more than $110k.

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#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Vallue Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Texas A&M University - College Station is located in College Station, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s engineering degrees to qualified students.

Texas A&M College Station also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Texas A&M University - College Station is $19,057 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering students whose families make more than $110k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Texas A&M College Station General Engineering Report

#4

Oral Roberts University

Tulsa, Oklahoma

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oral Roberts University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Vallue Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k. This small school is located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and it awarded 33 bachelors’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree engineering students whose families make more than $110k list, ORU has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Oral Roberts University is $22,248 for southwest region bachelor’s degree engineering students whose families make more than $110k.

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#5

Baylor University

Waco, Texas
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Baylor University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Vallue Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Baylor is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Waco, Texas. It awarded 12 bachelors’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Baylor also took the #4 spot in our “Best General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Baylor University is $36,039 for southwest region bachelor’s degree engineering students whose families make more than $110k.

With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 3.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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#6

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, Texas

Texas Christian University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Vallue Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k ranking. Texas Christian University is a fairly large school located in Fort Worth, Texas that handed out 55 bachelors’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

TCU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend TCU is $36,811 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering students whose families make more than $110k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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Notes and References

References

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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